G. I. Gurdjieff Quote

When we speak of prayer or of the results of prayer we always imply only one kind of prayer — petition, or we think that petition can be united with all other kinds of prayers.… Most prayers have nothing in common with petitions. I speak of ancient prayers; many of them are much older than Christianity. These prayers are, so to speak, recapitulations; by repeating them aloud or to himself a man endeavors to experience what is in them, their whole content, with his mind and his feeling.


In Search of the Miraculous (1949)


When we speak of prayer or of the results of prayer we always imply only one kind of prayer — petition, or we think that petition can be united...

When we speak of prayer or of the results of prayer we always imply only one kind of prayer — petition, or we think that petition can be united...

When we speak of prayer or of the results of prayer we always imply only one kind of prayer — petition, or we think that petition can be united...

When we speak of prayer or of the results of prayer we always imply only one kind of prayer — petition, or we think that petition can be united...